THE AUGUST SCHOLLE - CIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR COLLECTION Papers, 1937-1945 (Predominantly, 1940-1945) 4.5 linear feet Accession Number 110 L.C. Number The papers of August Scholle were deposited with the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs in May, 1964 by August Scholle and are open for research. August Scholle was born May 23, 1904 in Creighton, Pennsylvania and died at his home in Pigeon, Michigan on February 15, 1972. He left school at age 16 for a job as a glass worker and became active in the glass workers union. In 1933, Scholle was elected President of Local 9 (Toledo) of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, and in 1936 he established the first CIO Industrial Union Council in Toledo, serving as its President until 1937. From 1937 to 1954, he held the position of CIO Regional Director for Michigan, having been appointed to the job by John L. Lewis. Mr. Scholle was elected President of the Michigan CIO Council (later the Michigan AFL-CIO) in 1940. Except for the period 1943-1946, he held that position until his retirement in June, 1971. The materials in the collection reflect Mr. Scholle's activities as CIO Regional Director. Among the correspondents are: George Addes John Brophy James B. Carey Adolph Germer John Gibson Allan S. Haywood Philip Murray Lee Pressman Walter Reuther Murray D. Van Wagoner CONTENTS 9 manuscript boxes Boxes 1-4 Correspondence, reports, memoranda, financial papers, and legal papers relating to various CIO affiliated unions and their Locals in Michigan. Boxes 5-9 Internal office files. Correspondence, financial papers, and memoranda relating to Michigan CIO conventions, county and local CIO Industrial Union Councils, the activities of CIO Field
-2- August Scholle Boxes 5-9 (cont'd) Representatives, and the general office operation of the Michigan Regional Office of the CIO. Series I Boxes 1-4 Correspondence, reports, memoranda, financial papers, and legal papers relating to various CIO affiliated unions and their Locals in Michigan. Box 1 1. Amalgamated Local Industrial Union 1217, Lansing, 1942 2., 1943-44 3. Amalgamated LIU 1138, Mt. Clemens, 1942 4. Amalgamated LIU 1076, Pontiac, 1941 5., 1943-45 6. Building Service - Fisher Building, 1942 7. Building Service Employees Union, LIU 373, 1940 8-9. Cement Workers, LIU 1281, Bay City, 1942-45 10. Cement and Quarry Workers, LIU 1229, Petosky, 1942-45 11., 1942 12. Chamberlin Weatherstrip Workers, LIU 1260, Detroit, 1943-45 13. Cigar Workers Union (LIU) 14. Cigar Workers 15-16. Clipper Workers, LIU 345, Saginaw 17-18. Construction Workers, LIU 98, Detroit 19. Dairy Workers, LIU 48, Flint, 1941 20. 83, Detroit, 1941 21. 1046, Detroit, 1940 22. Dawn Patrol, 1942 23. Detroit Venetian Blind 24. Detroit Wood Specialties 25. Edison, 1942 26. Foremen and Supervisors, LIU 918, 1937-44 27. Garment Workers - Miscellaneous 28.29. Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers - National Council 30. Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers 31. Ice and Coal Truck Drivers, LIU 1019, Flint 32. Legislative - General 33. Local Industrial Unions - Applications 34. - Miscellaneous Material 35. - Outstate Miscellaneous Correspondence Box 2 1. Local Industrial Unions - Wayne County - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1940 2. Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 3-4. Lumber, Iron and Chemical Workers, LIU 1259, Mancelona, 1943-45 5. Michigan Council, 1943-44 6. - Miscellaneous, 1942-45 7. Milling Workers, LIU 1148, Harbor Beach
-3- August Scholle Box 2 (cont'd) 8-9. Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers 10. Moskum, Nicholas Joseph, 1943 11-12. Musicians Union, LIU 735, 1939-40 13. National Maritime Union, 1940 14-15. Newspaper Guild - American, 1940-42 16. - Michigan 17. Oil Workers International Union - Michigan 18. Optical Workers, LIU 1123, Detroit Organizing Committee, 1942 19. Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, 1943-44 20., 1940-42 21. Paper Mill Workers, LIU's 1001 and 1006 22. Paper Workers, LIU 1015, Muskegon 23. Playthings and Novelty Workers, 1940-44 24. - Consolidated Paper Co. (River Rouge) 25-27. Pottery Workers, LIU 1083, Mt. Clemens 28. Pottery 29. Pottery Co., Mt. Clemens - MUCC Case Box 3 1. Pottery Co., Mt. Clemens - MUCC Case 2-3. - NLRB Case, 1941-45 4. Railroad Workers - Miscellaneous Material 5. - Requests for Organization 6. - Correspondence with Allan Haywood, 1941 7. - Correspondence with J.R. Bell, 1941 8. Restaurant Workers, LIU 72, Detroit 9-11. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees 12. - Dairy Division 13. Rubber Workers of America, 1942-43 14., 1939-45 15. Scoggins, Roy, 1943 Box 4 1. Shoe Workers of America, 1944-45 2. Silica Sand Workers 3. Solvay Process 4. State County and Municipal Workers of America, CIO, Local 191, 1941-43 5. Steelworkers Organizing Committee, 1943-44 6., 1942-43 7. Stone and Allied Products, CIO 8-9. Textile Workers of America 10. Thompson Cabinet Co., Local 115, NLRB 11-12. Tool and Instrument Workers, LIU 452, Saginaw 13. Toy Workers, LIU 116 14. Transport Workers of America 15-16. Transport Service Employees 17. Upper Peninsula CIO Coordinating Committee, 1940-41 18. Upper Peninsula Tour (Scholle), 1940 19. Utility Workers Organizing Committee - Railroad Division, 1942 20. - Consumers Power Co. election
-4- August Scholle Box 4 (cont'd) 21. Utility Workers Organizing Committee - Harvey Fremming 22. Watts and Whelan Co. Employee Guards, 1942 23. Wayne County - Miscellaneous, 1942-44 24. Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth Co. 25-28. Woodworkers, International Union of, 1940-43 Series II Boxes 5-9 Internal office files. Correspondence, financial papers, and memoranda relating to Michigan CIO conventions, county and local CIO Industrial Union Councils, the activities of CIO Field Representatives, and the general office operation of the Michigan Regional Office of the CIO. Box 5 1. Michigan CIO, Miscellaneous, 1940 2. Michigan - Miscellaneous, 1941-42 3. CIO, Miscellaneous, 1940 4. Michigan-CIO News - Correspondence and Board of Control - Miscellaneous 5. Convention Committees - material 1942 convention 6. Convention Material - Miscellaneous - 1942 convention 7. Guest Correspondence - 1942 convention 8. Election Material -MSIUC Convention, 1942 9. Convention Report - President, 1942 Convention 10. Speakers - Correspondence, 1942 Convention 11. Michigan - Scholle, Gibson - form letters (joint) 12. Michigan - Michigan Regional Director - August Scholles Reports, 1940-41 13. - Field Representatives, Michigan Miscellaneous 14. - Joseph Bird, CIO Field Representative - Correspondence 15. - William Mayo, CIO Field Representative - Correspondence 16. - Miscellaneous Requests for Organization, 1940-42 Box 6 1. Michigan - Miscellaneous Requests for Information re: CIO, 1939-42 2. Chadwick, Herman - CIO Field Representative Correspondence, 1941 3. State Industrial Union Councils - Miscellaneous, 1943-44 4. Michigan-Wayne County Industrial Union Council - Union Label Committee, 1940-41 5. Wayne County CIO Council - Down River Sub-Council, 1942 6. Michigan-Ingham County Industrial Union Council, 1940-42 7. -Flint Industrial Union Council 8. -Cadillac Industrial Union Council 9. CIO-Toledo Industrial Union Council, 1940-42 10. -Port Cities Industrial Union Council (Muskegon)
-5- August Scholle Box 6 (cont'd) 11. Michigan ClO-Saginaw Industrial Union Council 12. St. Clair County Industrial Union Council 13. Michigan-St. Joseph - Branch Counties Council 14. Washtenaw County Industrial Union Council 15. Michigan-Bay City Industrial Union Council, 1940-42 16. -Berrien County Council 17. -Pontiac Industrial Union Council Box 7 1. County Council's Conference 2. Michigan - Councils, County - Miscellaneous 3. CIO-Michigan-Battle Creek CIO Council (Temporary) 4. CIO Women's Auxiliary Council, Michigan 5. Michigan-Bay City CIO Council, 1942-45 6. Spring 1943 Convention 7. Michigan - Local Industrial Unions, Miscellaneous 8. CIO-Michigan, Battle Creek CIO Council, 1943 9. Michigan-CIO, Berrien County Council 10. Michigan-Cadillac CIO Council 11. Michigan-CIO-Emmet County Industrial Union Council (Petosky) 12. Michigan-Flint County Council 13. Michigan-CIO-Gogebic County CIO Council (Ironwood) 14. Michigan-Ingham County Council (Lansing) 15. -Kent County Council (Grand Rapids) 16. -Lenawee CIO County Council (Adrian) 17. -Monroe County Council 18. -Pontiac County Council 19. -Port Cities Council (Muskegon) 20. -Saginaw County Council 21. St. Clair County Industrial Council (Port Huron) 22. Michigan-Michigan Regional Office - Finances, 1940-42 23. National CIO Convention - Credentials - Michigan LIU's and Councils 24. Michigan-Scholle, August - Regional Director Correspondence with Office Staff, 1941-42 25. CIO-Michigan - Press Relations 26. Scholle, August - Radio Speeches, Miscellaneous Addresses 27. - CIO Regional Director Trips 28. Michigan - Widman, Willard - Field Representatives, Correspondence 29. - Williams, Kempton - CIO Field Representative, Correspondence Box 8 1. Wayne County - Miscellaneous, 1940-42 2. Michigan CIO Council Representatives - Miscellaneous 3. " " " Organizer - Robert Poe 4. " " " " - William Tryon 5. CIO City and County Councils 6. Michigan MSIUC Executive Board Members 7. " " Board Minutes
-6- August Scholle Box 8 (cont'd) 8. Michigan State Industrial Union Council - Form letters of the Secretary-Treasurer 9. Michigan, MSIUC Constitution and Conventions 10., MSIUC Financial Statements 11., Michigan State Industrial Union Council - Miscellaneous 12., Michigan State Industrial Union Council - Organizers 13. Michigan CIO action on Vocational Training 14. Macomb County Committee for Good Government CIO 15. Michigan-MSIUC-Scholle, August,President - Correspondence, 1940-41 Box 9 1. Michigan-MSIUC - Scholle, August, President - form material, 1941 2. Michigan-MSIUC - Scholle, August, President - Correspondence with Secretary-Treasurer, 1941 3. Wayne County Departments 4. Report Blanks 5. "Roll Up Your Sleeves," - Labor Show 6. U.S. War Relief - Miscellaneous 7. Michigan-CIO - CIO American & Allied War Relief 8. Tom Downs - Personal 9. Ford Labor Dispute - State-Determination and Supporting Media 10. Ford Labor Dispute - SRA - Determination and Supporting Media 11. Ford Labor Dispute - SRA - Determination and Supporting Media